Room temperature synthesis of Cu incorporated ZnO nanoparticles with room temperature ferromagnetic activity: Structural, optical and magnetic characterization

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 3229-3238

  Altıntaş Yıldırım, Özlem ^a,b   Durucan, Caner ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cu doped ZnO; Nanoparticles; Precipitation; Room temperature synthesis; RTFM

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER; ENERGY GAP; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HEAVY IONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIETVELD REFINEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CU-DOPED ZNO; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION; PRECIPITATION TECHNIQUES; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; RTFM; SUBSTITUTIONAL INCORPORATION; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84949516765     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.10.113     Document Type: Article

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